You don't have to unlock your phone to check battery health... just swipe to the right on the lock screen.
They do stay paired, just not connected. There's a difference. Pairing causes the phone to recognize and initially connect with the AirPods. As soon as you put them back in the case, they're still paired, but they're no longer connected. My problem was that too frequently I would pull them out of the case, but they wouldn't connect until I go to iPhone settings and manually connect them.
Has Apple sued huawei or xaomi in China? They have sued a Norwegian party for infringing the Apple logo, lol.
Apple's AirPods are one of its most popular product lines in recent years, and have resulted in crazy demand, memes, and dozens of knockoff products.
In our latest YouTube video, we picked up a pair of $50 i10 TWS earphones that have been designed to look like AirPods to see how they measure up to the real thing.
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The i10 TWS AirPods knockoffs are almost carbon copies of the AirPods and at first glance, it's hard to tell them apart. There are some noticeable differences to distinguish the two, though, which will be obvious to AirPods owners.
Instead of a Lightning port, the i10 TWS earbuds have a USB-C port for charging, though they also support Qi-based wireless charging, which the AirPods don't offer. There's also an LED charging indicator light on the front and no Bluetooth pairing button on the back.
When it comes to the case, the i10 TWS is clearly lower quality than the AirPods as it's lighter, feels flimsier, and makes a clicking noise when you open the lid, but the fake AirPods inside look quite similar to real AirPods.
The i10 TWS earbuds are nearly indistinguishable from AirPods, and they sound pretty similar too. Sound quality was about the same with both, and the same goes for voice quality when using the microphone for calls.
Like the AirPods, the i10 TWS earbuds use gestures, with a single tap able to play/pause music and a double tap able to skip tracks. A two-second hold activates a voice assistant like Siri.
There are missing AirPods features, though. There's no autopause/autoplay function when removing one of the i10 TWS earbuds from your ear, and there's no simple pairing due to the lack of a W1 chip.
The i10 TWS earbuds pair to a device like any other Bluetooth headphones, and they also don't enjoy the same long range. As for battery life, they last for about three hours worth of streaming music and charge up in about an hour and a half over USB-C.
So while these look, feel, and sound like AirPods, the i10 TWS earbuds are missing some key features, which explains why the price is so much lower. You can snap these up for about $50, which is more than $100 less than the AirPods.
Would you ever buy knockoff AirPods instead of the real thing? Let us know in the comments.
Article Link: Check Out These Cheap $50 AirPods Knockoffs
There are several different brands available, but the article focused on one brand. Since AirPods is plural, knockoffs should also be plural.
It’s still basically hearsay as you are forming a conclusion based on the lack of a lawsuit?
Knockoffs are not the same as counterfeits and are not necessarily illegal. If these knockoffs had the Apple logo or name and were packaged to deceive people into thinking they were buying genuine Apple AirPods, that would be counterfeit, misleading and illegal. Just because they look similar does not mean they violated any law. Closer investigation would be required to determine if they infringed on any patents.
Yes, it can be, as long as the branding is different. There are many industries and millions of examples of cheaper copies of more expensive items being sold by competitors. There's nothing wrong with making something that looks like the original, as long as you're not trying to pass it off as the original.
Wow, how absolutely pants!!! At that price point as well.... you can see why the hoards are revolting....
That's hilarious if true. They put in all the effort to successfully make pretty sophisticated clones and then drop the ball on left vs. right.
Thank you for taking the time to offer this information. It's very helpful, and confirmed my suspicions about quality. I'll wait for an update on the real deal. Thanks again!
